Canauh (MH835v)

Canauh (MH835v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Canauh (“Duck”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a duck (canauhtli) looking toward the viewer’s right. Its bill is wider than those of most birds, and it has a black spot at the end. The bill has been gone over in a darker ink at some point. On the neck are many wavy vertical lines.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

For another version of the name Canauh, see below. It has a wide bill toward the tip, but not the wiggly lines on the neck.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo canauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Canauh

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

patos, anades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

canauh(tli), a duck, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/canauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pato

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=745&st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Orthography: 
errors and revisions
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Canauh (MH595v)